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Flooded roads leave some Ind. drivers stranded

Some roads were still flooded in southern Indiana on Friday evening, leaving drivers stranded.

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Updated: 11:50 PM EDT Apr 4, 2014

Flooded roads leave some Ind. drivers stranded

Some roads were still flooded in southern Indiana on Friday evening, leaving drivers stranded.

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Updated: 11:50 PM EDT Apr 4, 2014

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WEBVTT DORTCH. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS FLOODING ROADS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. MANY PEOPLE ARE STRANDED. THEY CAN'T GET TO THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE UNDERWATER.... WLKY'S TIM ELLIOTT JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.TIM? A LOT OF ROADS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA ARE CLOSED TONIGHT BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THE ROAD ISN'T THERE. THEY'RE UNDER WATER. SELLERSBURG SAW ALMOST 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS.AND FOR SOME ROADWAYS...THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH WATER TO HANDLE. TRACY HARDIN RAN INTO A ROADBLOCK ON HIS WAY HOME FRIDAY NIGHT. AND HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. ON HIGHWAY 31 JUST SOUTH OF MEMPHIS.ONE BY ONE, VEHICLES TURNED AROUND. FORCED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY. FOR THESE MOTORISTS.ALL ROUTES WERE BLOCKED. WE FOUND THIS RED VEHICLE ABANDONED ON HIGHWAY 31.THE FLOOD WATER IS UP TO THE DOOR. THE WLKY NEWS CHOPPER ALSO CAPTURED VIDEO OF THESE HOMES SURROUNDED BY WATER. A NEARBY JUNKYARD WAS ALSO OVERUN IWTH WATER. AND THIS VEHICLE WAS SEEMINGLY TRAPPED AS THE DRIVER TRIED TO FIND DRY LAND. FURTHER WEST, WATER STARTED COMING OVER STATE ROAD 56 -- WHICH HAD TO BE CLOSED BETWEEN FRENCH LICK AND WEST BADEN. HARDIN SAYS HIS HOME IS FINE...AND WHILE THE FLOODING A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE, HE'LL HAVE TO MAKE DUE. HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET HOME.BUT THE ROAD TO HIS DAUGHTER'S PLACE IN NEW ALBANY IS SMOOTH SAILING. OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO TAKE IT SLOW OUT THERE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE DARK COUNTRY ROADS. THEY MAY BE UNDERWATER. AUTHORITIES SAY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD YOU TRY TO CROSS A ROADWAY THAT'S SUBMERGED. THEY HOPE OVER THE WEEKEND, THE WATER WILL RECEDE.

Flooded roads leave some Ind. drivers stranded

Some roads were still flooded in southern Indiana on Friday evening, leaving drivers stranded.